Terracotta bowl, Chalcolithic Cypriot
Terracotta bowl, Chalcolithic Cypriot, c. 3900–2500 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, L.2000.12.2.Open Access by the MET

Chalcolithic

Terracotta bowl

During the latter part of the Neolithic period, the Cypriots started making containers of baked clay often decorated with abstract patterns in red on a light slip. Red-on-White Ware became the predominant pottery made on the island in the following Chalcolithic period. H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm) diameter 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
Bowl
Material
Clay
Date
3900 - 2500 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Accession No.

L.2000.12.2

Provenance

  • From Kissonerga, Cyprus 1984, excavated in Kissonerga; 1984-present, collection of the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus; 2000-present, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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